Portable drinking fountain



PORTABLE DRINKING FOUNTAIN Original Filed July 25, 1916 j'wenzor:

Patented May 1, 1923.

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Application filed July 25, 1916, Serial No. 111,315.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. PRATT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico, State of Virginia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable DrinkingFountains; and I do hereby declare the fol.- lowing to be a full,clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in portable drinking fountains.

One object of the inventionis to provide a novel and simple device ofthis character by means of which water can be carried around and readilydispensed therefrom.

Another object is to provide a device of,

this character which includes a novelly constructed water receptacle andsupports therefor, whereby the device can be stood on the ground, andwater dispensed from the receptacle by novel means which are attached tothe supports.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device.

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view of a joint employed in connectionwith the dispensing tubes.

Figure 3 is a side view of a portion of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional View through the lower end ofthe bag 59, andthe coupling through which the water issues to the pipes61.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, 56 represents thesupporting legs of the device, on theupper ends'of' which there issecured the platform 56, said platform having a central opening for thereception of the member 10. This member 10 is preferably hollow and hasits lower end closed, while the upper end carries a '1'-v connection 11,in the opposite arms of which are engaged the short tubes 60. Hinged tothe outer ends'of these tubes 60 are the longer tubes 61. a flexibletube 62 being disposed with its ends in the tubes 60 and 61, andextending across the joints thereof, as clearly seen in Figure 2 of thedrawing. On the outer ends of the tubes 61 there are se- RcnewcdSeptember 15, 1922. Serial No. 588,513.

cured the water receptacles 63, each being provided with a drain cock64, through the medium of which water is drawn from said receptacles.Extending upwardly from the center of the T-connection is a standard 37,

on which is slidably and telescopically disposed the vertical tube 58.This tube 58 is secured vertically within the Water bag orreservoir 59,and has openings in its lower portion to permit water from the bag toflow into the T-connection and thence outwardly to the receptacles 63',by means of the tubes 60 and' 61. On the upper end of the standard thereis mounted a cross arm 67, the outer ends of which are formed with theeyes .68, and slidably engaged through these 7 eyes are the cords 69,each'having one end secured to the upper end of a receptacle 63, and theother end hanging loosely, so that the cordsmay be grasped to pull thereceptacle and tubes 61 upwardly, to adjust the device for persons ofdifi'erent heights. The bag is provided with a filling nipple 7 0 andclosure cap 71therefor.

Connected to the tubes 60 and 61, below the joints thereof, are thesprings 72, which normally hold the said tubes in alignment, but permitthe tubes 61' to be folded upwardly toward the standard, when the deviceis to be transported, thus preventing the tubes from extending outwardlyand preventing proper handling of the device.

WVhat is claimed is: j

1. A water dispenser comprising a standard, a sleeve slidable on saidstandard, a receptacle carried by said sleeve, a hollow arm extendinglaterally from the sleeve and communicating with the receptacle, and a'water dispensing means at the outer end of saidarm.

2. A water dispenser comprising a supporting frame, a water receptaclearranged for'vertical sliding movement on the frame, jointed armscarried by the receptacle and connected with the inside thereof, thearms beingtubular, and the joints being flexible, supplementaryreceptacles eachprovided with a nozzle at the ends of said arms, and}means to fold said arms upward against the main receptacle. I

8. A water dispenser comprising a receptacle. a hollow arm communicatingtheref therewith, a dispensing means at the outer end of the second arm,and a flexible tubular member disposed in the adjacent ends of the armsand having packing connection at 5 its ends with the arms, whereby Watermay be conveyed from one arm to the other upon hinged movement of theother arm.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in the presence of twoWitnesses;

GEORGE R PRATT.

Vitnesses:

FRANK F. SMITH, CLARK E. RANKL.

